Garage



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ATTORNEY .Fam 29 1924- J. E. TUCKER GARAGE Original Filed Dec. 3l 1921ENVENTOR ATE'CRNEY wn'N EssES 1 Patented dan. Z9, i924.

unir sra'rss JUNIUS E. TUCKER, 0F BRIVDGEIPORT, COBINEG'IIGUT.

GARAGE.

Application led December 31, 1921, Serial No. 526,322. Renewed June23,1923.

interfering with other vehicles.-

Another object of the invention is to provide means whereby the vehiclescan travel to the different floors under their own power and withoutnecessitating the use of eleva-- tors and the like. 1

A further object of the invention is to provide stalls for the vehicles,so arranged that the 'vehicles can be moved into and out ofthe sameunder theii` own power.

This invention also consists in certain other features of constructionand in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to behereinafter fully described, il-` lustrated in the accompanying drawingsand specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing my invention in detail, reference Lwill be had to theaccompanying drawings wherein like characters denote like orcorresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which Figure 1is a plan view of the first fioor of the garage.

Figure 2 is a plan view of the upper Hoor.

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the exit side of thebuilding.

Figure 4 is a like view through the entrance side.

Figures 5 and 6 are views showing the specific form of partitionsbetween the stalls.

As shown in these views the building is provided with a plurality offloors A, B, C and D. Of course it may be provided with more or less, asdesired. Doors l are pro-J.

vided and I prefer to use the doors on one side of the building forentrance to the building and the doors on the opposite side as exitsfrom the building. Inclines 2 are arranged for permitting a vehicle topass from the ground level to the upper floors under its own power andto descend from 1. said iioors to the exit doors.

and exit incline is provided for each of the upper floors, the entranceinclines being arranged at one side of the building as shown in Figure 4and the exit inclines being arranged at the opposite sides of thebuilding, as shown in Figure 3. The inner sides ofY said inclines rareprovided with low walls 2. The entrance and exit. doors are arranged atthe bottoms of said inclines. 'Ihe entrance and exit doors for the lowerioor are arranged in the ends of the building, as shown at l and ifdesired I may provide doors lX for permitting va vehicle to pass fromthe lower floor to the runways leading to the upper floor. rllfhesedoors 1x will, of course, permit a. vehicle to pass through the doors1in-leaving or entering the building. I also provide ventilators 12 forthe building, said ventilators being preferably of triangular shape, asshown in Figure 2 and arranged in rows at the inner ends of the rows ofstalls.

It will be seen from the above that each ioor is independent of theother floors and to all intent and purpose each floor acts as- Y aseparate garage, the cars passing to and from the same withoutinterfering with cars using the other garages.

Each floor is provided with a plurality of stalls 3 for receiving thevehicles, thesestalls being arranged in rows with aisles 4 between therows and the partitions 5 separating the stalls are diagonally arrangedso as to facilitate the entrance and exit of the motor cars into andfromthe stall. I prefer to leave a large central aisle G be tween the rowsand to locate elevators 7 and stairs 8 therein so that the. drivers andother persons may pass from ioor to floor.

I alsoarrange booths 9 on the lower floor adjacent the doors the purposeof which will be hereinafter described. I may also provide wait-ingrooms. o'iiices and the like in the building, as indicated at 10. Thestalls may be marked ottl in any desired manner, though I prefer todo soby railings, as indicated at 11 in Figures 5 and 6.

From the above it will `be apparent that the vehicles can enter thebuildingthrough the entrance doors and can run under their own powerinto the stalls, those located upon the upper ioors reaching said floorsby passing up the inclined runways. When An entrance lll@ run under itsown power from the stall through the aisles to the exit doors, saidvehicle running down the exit incline if it is parked on one of theupper oors. Thus the vehicle -is moved about under its own power and canbe easily and quickly parked in its proper stall without interferingwith any other vehicle.A The peculiar arrangement of stalls permits themaximum of space to be used for parking purposes while permitting thecars to be'moved under their own power. Myvsystem also permits the car Ithat tickets can be placed upon the spaces representing stalls. Each daytickets will be provided in triplicate for each Hoor. These tickets willbe dated; and numbered to represent the stalls-1, 2, 3, 4 and so on, andalso indicating stall rows by number.

When an automobile appears at an entrance a ticket is handed the driver.which of course, directs him to the stall where he or she is to leavethe c ar. The license number of the car is written on a duplicate ticketwhich is immediately transported byv mechanical means to the exit ticketbooth of the same Hoor which the vcar is being parked upon. Theattendant at vthe exit ticket booth places this duplicate ticket whichcontains the license number of the car on the number of stall onvthechart that corresponds to the number of stall on the ticket. When theattendant at the entrance .ticket booth sends the duplicate ticket tothe exit ticket ybooth he alsoplaces the triplicate ticket on thecorresponding stall number of his chart.

The driver of the car, after parking leaves the building via passengerelevator or stairway. The ticket he holds is the credential to pass himinto the building again and when he appears at the exit ticket booth-with his car he presents the ticket to the attendant who compares thenumber to the one on the stallindicated, and also compares theautomobile license number to that written on the ticket he had on thechart. .Collection is made according to the date shown. The ticket whichhe collected from the driver of the car, which is the `'duplicate ticketisdeposited in a box, while the triplicate ticket which contains theautomobile license number is returned to the entrance ticket booth andthevattendant then takes the original ticket off the chartV and depositsit in a box, and he forwardsl the triplicate' ticket containing theautomobile license number to the accounting oilice. The correspondingstall on the charts is nowvacant which of course indicates that thatstall is again vacant on the floor.

The above is for transient customers.

combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that vsuchchanges fall with- 1n the scope of the appended claims.

iVhat I claim isr- Y l. Af'ga-rage having rows of diagonally arrangedstalls therein, aisles between the rows and between the outer rows andthe walls of the garage, an entrance aisle communicating with theentrance ends of the first named aisles and an exit aisle commueslnicating with their exit ends, said stalls having both ends open. l

2. A garagehavlng an entrance at one end and an exit at theopposlte end,main driveways adjacent the walls of said garage. rows of diagonallyarranged open ended stalls separated vby aisle driveways connecting saident-rance and exit ends, whereby a' car can enter and leave the garageby a continuous passage through a stall.

3. A garage of the class described comprising a plurality of floors, aseparate inclined entrance runway leading from the street level to eachof the upper floors, a

separate inclined exit runway leading from each ofthe 'upper floors tothe streetlevel, rows of diagonally arranged open ended stalls on eachloor, aisles communicating with the several rows at respectiveends ofthe several stalls and entrance and exit vaisles at the ends of thefirst mentioned aisles cormnunicatingr respectively with said entranceand exit runways.

In testimony whereof Iaiiix my slgnature.

`.iUNIUs E. TUCKER. [1.8.]

